Editor’s Note: The Fresno Unified School District recently announced its plan for a $1.3 million, five-year initiative to reduce the chronic bullying which plagues its schools and students. The initiative will bring in experts to assess the problem and design strategies for reducing bullying and could become a blueprint for schools nationwide. The kNOw Fresno [...]

If you missed our youth forum last week, on the topic of School Violence/Safety, you missed a great night of young people thinking and working together to make their schools safer! We had at least over 100 people in attendance, three media outlets, along with several elected officials, including three members from the school board [...]

In this video, The kNOw youth explore the reasons for school violence and whether students feel safe at school.

We’re all hearing the tragic news about the student who attacked an on-campus police officer at Roosevelt High School with a baseball bat. The officer fell to the ground and then shot the student, who died at the site. It is sad on both sides, the family who lost a son, and the police officer who tried to protect himself. The kNOw youth team also had many thoughts as they tried to process and understand the incident for themselves, fully aware that such occurrences could happen anywhere, even in their own schools.